Party and party!
August 19th 2010 09:50
Last Saturday we had a 'post-wedding' party to make up for not inviting anyone else but family and close friends to the actual wedding.
I especially requested the party to be a travel themed party, titled "Around the World in 5 Hours", and asked people to dress up in some sort of ethnic dress, doesn't have to be anywhere that they are related to, but perhaps a souvenir scarf or skirt or hat that we all buy on our travels but never have the chance to wear.
I wore a full set of dress similar to a Malaysia Airlines airhostess uniform, which I bought on our last trip to Malaysia (you know, things you buy on holidays!) and my sister wore a full traditional Korean woman's dress.
I think everyone had fun. The problem with big parties is that you end up not having time to spend chatting with anyone. I ended up running around trying to make sure there are enough food and drinks, and to respond to calls for photos after photos.
My sister, to make up for the lack of wedding cake - which reminds me, have I told you about the actual wedding at Vanuatu yet? - she ordered the perfect cake for the occassion:
How cool is that?! This is essentially our formal wedding cake, and it was not only very suitable for us, it tasted good too
I think the problem may be that we invited people from too broad backgrounds. I had my high school friends, uni friends, work friends from three different employments, friends I met while travelling, and then of course, family friends of my parent's age. Everyone sort of just hung out in their own little groups, and ask me to go over for photos. I was so tired after the party!
I was very glad that I got to at least see a few people I haven't seen fo a year. However next time I think I might have a few smaller gatherings rather than one big party, just to make things a little simpler
I especially requested the party to be a travel themed party, titled "Around the World in 5 Hours", and asked people to dress up in some sort of ethnic dress, doesn't have to be anywhere that they are related to, but perhaps a souvenir scarf or skirt or hat that we all buy on our travels but never have the chance to wear.
I wore a full set of dress similar to a Malaysia Airlines airhostess uniform, which I bought on our last trip to Malaysia (you know, things you buy on holidays!) and my sister wore a full traditional Korean woman's dress.
I think everyone had fun. The problem with big parties is that you end up not having time to spend chatting with anyone. I ended up running around trying to make sure there are enough food and drinks, and to respond to calls for photos after photos.
My sister, to make up for the lack of wedding cake - which reminds me, have I told you about the actual wedding at Vanuatu yet? - she ordered the perfect cake for the occassion:
Our very funky world wedding cake and world flag cup cakes!
How cool is that?! This is essentially our formal wedding cake, and it was not only very suitable for us, it tasted good too
Thanks to Blue Mountain Balloons, we also had the best balloons for the occassion!
I think the problem may be that we invited people from too broad backgrounds. I had my high school friends, uni friends, work friends from three different employments, friends I met while travelling, and then of course, family friends of my parent's age. Everyone sort of just hung out in their own little groups, and ask me to go over for photos. I was so tired after the party!
I was very glad that I got to at least see a few people I haven't seen fo a year. However next time I think I might have a few smaller gatherings rather than one big party, just to make things a little simpler
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